April 17, 2005      Sunday 11a.m.      Worship Service                  Sr. Pastor-Teacher: Rev. Mark A. Cain 

Series:      BECOMING A COMPETENT WITNESS

LESSON (1 of 2): AMBASSADORS FOR CHRIST                     

LESSON OUTLINE

I. The Christian's Position And Office In Christ                                (1 Peter 2:9; 2 Corinthians 5:20-21)

II. Becoming An Effective Witness For Christ                                  (1 Thessalonians 2:1-9)

THE DOCTRINE OF AMBASSADORSHIP

1. An ambassador does not appoint himself. We are appointed by Christ (2 Cor. 5:18-20).

2. An ambassador does not support himself. God supplies all our needs (Phil. 4:19).

3. An ambassador is not a citizen of the country where he is sent. We are citizens of heaven (Phil. 3:20).

4. An ambassador has instructions in written form. We have the Bible (2 Tim. 3:16).

5. An ambassador cannot take insults personally; he is accepted or rejected not on his own merit, but because of who he represents. We are not to take it personally when we are despised and rejected by those who hate Jesus Christ (Matt. 5:10-12; Jn. 15:19-21).

6. An ambassador does not enter a country to profit himself. We are on earth to serve the Lord (2 Cor. 5:15).

7. An ambassador is a personal representative of someone else; everything he does and says reflects on the one who sent him. We are the representatives of the Lord Jesus Christ by action as well as by word (Jn. 13:35, 17:23).

8. An ambassador's perspective or sense of purpose is service; his prospect is reward. We are commissioned for service and will be rewarded (Matt. 5:12; 2 Jn. 8; Rev. 22:12).

9. An ambassador is recalled when war is declared. The recall of all believers at the Rapture will announce the beginning of the end for Satan (2 Thess. 2:1-12).

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